Things that caught my eye

Missing Florida woman found after she bottled her scent

New brain death pathway in Alzheimer's disease

Stem cells in the brain’s hypothalamus help mice stay young
This is very important.   Neurogenesis in the hypothalamus is our ultimate goal. 

Alcohol boosts recall of earlier learning, study suggests
Drinking alcohol improves memory for information learned before the drinking episode began, new research suggests.

Blowing Out Birthday Candles Increases Cake Bacteria by 1,400 Percent
Nonetheless, these people seem to think this is an appropriate activity...
I am convinced it is a legacy group inoculation ritual.  Sharing the germs early and often to prime the immune systems of the entire group.   Unfortunately the massive amounts of sugar we eat these days lowers the immune response and causes chronic illness instead.

Millennials’ Love For Wine And Weed Is Hurting The Beer Industry

Diet choice, reproduction of fruit flies affected by gut bacteria
New studies reveal the gut bacteria composition of the common fruit fly has a significant effect on diet choice and reproductive success

Men’s sweet tooth may increase risk of anxiety and depression

Neuroticism may postpone death for some
Data from a longitudinal study of over 500,000 people in the United Kingdom indicate that having higher levels of the personality trait neuroticism may reduce the risk of death for individuals who report being in fair or poor health. The research further revealed that a specific aspect of neuroticism related to worry and feelings of vulnerability was associated with lower mortality, regardless of self-reported health.
 
Melting glaciers in Swiss Alps could reveal hundreds of mummified corpses 
Oh yay.   Zombie Plagues.